The award-winning documentary “Testimony: The
Maria Guardado Story” will be screened at Cal State
Fullerton Wednesday. Guardado and the film’s director,
Randy Vasquez, will be at the screening to talk about
her life and the making of the film.

Who:

Guardado fled El Salvador after being kidnapped, raped,
beaten, tortured and left for dead by military authorities
in 1980. She was granted political asylum in the United
States and now lives in Los Angeles. Vasquez — actor,
director, producer — made the film in 2002 and won
that year’s prize for best vanguard documentary
at the New York International Latino Film Festival.

When:

Wednesday, Nov. 9
6 p.m.

Where:

Titan Student Union’s Titan Theatre

Additional:

Guardado relives her capture and release through the
documentary. The film follows her to San Miguel, El Salvador,
on the 20th anniversary of the assassination of El Salvador’s
Archbishop Oscar Romero. Romero had publicly pleaded for
the release of Guardado and other political prisoners
and was gunned down in 1980, marking the beginning of
a 12-year civil war. Days after he called for Guardado’s
release, she was thrown in a ditch and left to die. She
and Romero were critics of the government.